China News Service, March 4 (AFP) According to AFP reports, on the 4th local time, a French court pronounced that former French Prime Minister Balladier was not guilty of corruption, but former Defense Minister Leotard was found guilty.
According to previous reports, Baladil was accused of collecting kickbacks when he sold submarines to Pakistan during his tenure as French Prime Minister in the 1990s and trying to cover up related actions.
Leotard was also charged with involvement in a related case, when he was serving as the Minister of Defense.
According to a report by the French News Information Channel, the value of the rebate collected by Baladier was 13 million francs at the time, which is equivalent to the current value of approximately 2.8 million euros.
Baladier spent 10 million francs in the 1995 French presidential election, but he still lost to Chirac and lost the election.
According to reports, Baladir was found not guilty.
Leotard was convicted of conspiracy to abuse assets, sentenced to 2 years in prison, suspended for execution, and fined 100,000 euros.
Neither person appeared in court to accept the verdict.